Tag: deaths
Ethiopian prime minister's death prompts concern over African regional stability
With the death of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Monday there's some concern that his absence will destabilized the volatile Horn of Africa region. Zenawai, who has ruled Ethiopia since 1991 was a long-time U.S. ally....
New study looks at why ancient South American culture mummified its dead
Along the Atacama Desert, the Chinchorro people chosen to mummify their people, rather than simply bury them. Scientists have for years wondered why. A new study suggests it's all because of climate change....
VIDEO: First American woman in space, Sally Ride dies
Sally Ride changed the world for American women, becoming the first woman to go into space. She endured probing and embarrassing questions about what it would be like to be a woman in space. She died Monday at her home in San Diego....
TV actor Andy Griffith dies at 86 in North Carolina
The award-winning actor died Tuesday morning at his home in North Carolina. Fans will always remember him as "America's Favorite Sheriff" during his eight seasons on the "The Andy Griffith Show" in the 1960s....
Reports: Former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak hospitalized, gravely ill
Hosni Mubarak, whose 30 year reign as Egypt's autocratic ruler came to an end last year, was reported to be clinically dead by Egypt's official news agency, but security officials insist he is actually unconcious and on life support, his heart having stopped beating and failing to respond to defibrillation....
VIDEO: Junior Seau's death shines light on football's enduring injuries
With the apparent suicide of Junior Seau, some are beginning to look at possible causes for him to take his own life. Increasingly, they're coming back to his brain, and wondering if all those hits he delivered -- and received -- may have given him a brain disorder that led him to perhaps take his own life....
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